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Taking Tiny Steps. El Salvador introduces the “Colón-Dollar,” the country’s proposed national digital currency that could very well be rolled out within a year. Initiated by President Nayib Bukele’s brothers, who also act as advisors to the government, this is the namesake central bank digital currency (CBDC) of the Salvadoran colón, which was replaced by the U.S. dollar back in 2001.
Is this an indirect response to JP Morgan’s assessment last week regarding the country’s lack of infrastructure to pull digital assets, specifically BTC, through as its future legal tender? Perhaps, but one cannot deny that Crypto Haven El Salvador will not be built in a day — and for now, digital asset integration remains high on the national priority list.